Configuring Basic Security - Brocade Communications Systems Mobility 7131 Series Installation Manual

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Configuring basic device settings
9. Click Apply to save any changes to the Quick Setup screen. Navigating away
from the screen without clicking Apply results in all changes to the screens
being lost, unless you use the Un-applied Changes pop-up window to overwrite
the current settings.
10. Click Undo Changes (if necessary) to undo any changes made. Undo Changes
reverts the settings displayed on the Quick Setup screen to the last saved
configuration.

Configuring basic security

For testing basic connectivity, there is no reason to configure a server supported
authentication scheme. WEP 128 is described in this guide as a basic security
scheme sufficient to protect the access point's initial transmissions. For details on
configuring more sophisticated authentication and encryption options available to
the access point, refer to the Brocade Mobility 7131 Series Access Point Product
Reference Guide available at http://www.brocade.com/support/.
To configure WEP 128:
1. From the Quick Setup screen, click the Create button to the right of the Security
Policy item.
The New Security Policy screen displays with the Manually Pre-shared key/No
authentication and No Encryption options selected. Naming and saving such a
policy (as is) would provide no security and might only make sense in a guest
network wherein no sensitive data is either transmitted or received.
Consequently, at a minimum, a basic security scheme (in this case WEP 128) is
recommended.
NOTE
For information on configuring the other (more sophisticated) encryption and
authentication options available to the access point, refer to the Brocade
Mobility 7131 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide available at
http://www.brocade.com/support/.
2. Ensure the Name of the security policy entered suits the intended configuration
or function of the policy.
Multiple WLANs can share the same security policy, so be careful not to name
security policies after specific WLANs or risk defining a WLAN to single policy.
Brocade recommends naming the policy after the attributes of the
authentication or encryption type selected.
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